A manly wit a child's simplicity
- DMI number:
- 17689
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- A manly wit a child's simplicity
- Last Line:
- Striking their pensive bosoms here lies Gay
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Twickenham edition VI: 349-350.
- First Line:
- A manly wit a child's simplicity
- Last Line:
- Striking their aching bosoms here lies Gay
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Of manners gentle of affections mild
- Last Line:
- Striking their pensive bosoms here lies Gay
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A choice collection of poetry by the most ingenious men of the age [vol II] [T124643] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.39-40
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Gay
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Pope. Epitaph on Gay.
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